2015 Indoor (Senior): Won the 5,000-meter run at the Horizon league Championships with a time of 14:49.68...defended his title in the 5,000-meter run becoming first repeat champion in the event since Butler's Gary Blackman in 2003-04...placed second in the 3,000-meter run at the Horizon League meet with a time of 8:21.55...placed second in the 5,000-meter run at the YSU College Invitational.
2014 Outdoor (R-Junior): Was the 5,000-meter run champion at the Horizon League Championships with a time of 15:09.25…finished second in the steeplechase at the league meet with a 9:17.45 mark…placed second in the 1,500-meter run at the HL Championships with a time of 3:58.34…received the Men's Individual Scoring Award following the HL meet...advanced to the NCAA East Prelims and finished 34th in the steeplechase with a time of 9:07.35...set a season-best in the 5,000-meter run at the Raleigh Relays with a 14:22.27 mark…set a season-best time in the 1,500m at the Jesse Owens Classic with a 3:53.14 mark…set a season-best in the steeplechase at the Virginia Challenge with a 9:05.41 time…ran a season-best 30:48.81 in the 10,000-meter run at the Coastal Carolina Invitational... Earned his third letter.
2013-14 Indoor (R-Junior): Won the 3,000-meter run competition at the Horizon League Championships with a running time of 8:32.49…ran a season-best 8:22.89 in the 3,000-meter run at the Penn State National Invitational…won the 5,000-meter run competition at the league meet with a 15:04.01 running time…placed second in the mile run at the HL Championships with a time of 4:12.43…ran a season-best 4:10.82 in the one-mile run at the YSU Invitational...earned his third letter.
2013 Outdoor (Junior): Redshirted.
2012-2013 Indoor (Junior): Redshirted.
2012 Outdoor (Sophomore): Ran the 1,500m run at the Horizon League Championship and finished in eighth place posting a time of 3:59.35...competed in the steeplechase and finished with a time of 9:23.66 to finish seventh...ran the 5,000m at the Raleigh Relays and finished 20th with a time of 16:07.84.
2012 Indoor (Sophomore): Finished ninth in the mile run at the Horizon League Championship with a time of 4:15.76...also competed in the Distance Medley Relay at the HL Championships...placed 13th in the 3,000m run at the Akron Invitational with a time of 9:27.22...competed in the 800m run at the Akron Open and finished eighth with a time of 1:57.74.
2011 Outdoor (Freshman): Had two top-10 finishes at the Horizon League Championships, running the steeplechase in 9:35.34 to place fourth and the 1,500m in 3:55.23 to take seventh…both were season-best times…his 1,500m time is also the fourth-fastest in school history…won the 1,500m (3:58.58) at the Sparky Adams Invitational and placed 16th in the 800m (2:00.09)…finished 10th in the steeplechase (9:46.00) and 12th in the 1,500m (4:06.47) at the All-Ohio Championships.
2011 Indoor (Freshman): Placed seventh in the mile run with a time of 4:17.08, competed in the 3,000-meter run and was part of the distance medley team at the Horizon League Championships.
High School: Set the district and school records in the 800 and 1,600...member of 4x400, 4x800 relay squads...4x800 relay set regional record with a time of 7:50.54...ran anchor on the relay squads...was a four-time All-Ohio selection and two-time NAC MVP...was a two-time state runnerup in the 1,600 (2009 and 2010) and indoor state champion in the 1,600 (2009)...was part of Team Ohio for the Midwest Meet of Champions...coach was Ted Rupe...member of National Honor Society and the honor roll.
Personal: Parents are Michelle and Ted Rupe...has two brothers and a sister...major is education...is the 2014-15 recipient of the Jim & Ellen Tressel Scholarship.
